Diaper trash system... what are you doing?

DH wanted the diaper genie but all I've read is what a nightmare it is and how we should go with something that doesn't have special refills (I'm all about saving money).

We have a normal stainless steel trashcan in our kitchen (2nd floor). Baby's nursery is on the third floor, and our bedroom is on the second. Baby will be sleeping in our room for the first two months at least, so I can just throw out in the kitchen garbage. I've found diaper "bags" (kinda like the dog poop bags) that I was planning on using. We'll need something for the nursery in terms of a trashcan. Is a regular stainless enough?

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We have a diaper champ at our downstairs changing station and a safety first diaper pail at the changing in Wyatt's room.

I like them both because you can use any type of bag. They both hold in the stink really well but when you change them you want to vomit. I don't know that it's really worth it to spend a bunch of money on a diaper pail that has specific bags etc, but then again I don't have one.

No matter which way you go you need a trash can with a lid and then some of those arm and hammer disks that smell yummy!

I had a plastic can with a lid (step on the pedal and the lid goes up kind) in the nursery. We are single level but baby's room is on opposite side of the house from kitchen. We would accumulate the pee and NEWBORN poop for a day or two, not tied up even And dump entire baby trash into the kitchen which goes out everyday. As she got older and poops stinkier, I would save my Walmart plastic bags and tie the poops up in there and then either walk it out to the big can outside or in the kitchen depending on my mood or the weather. :) that's only once a day now, she's 2, so its not that big of a deal. I do use the scented diaper bag things for when we travel. The diaper systems gross me out.

I actually liked my diaper genie...but to be honest it was only used when I changed him at the changing table, normally it just went into the trash, unless it was bad then it went right outside, however we are cloth diapering this one so it will be whole different ball game...lol

Really, I loved the diaper genie. I think people who hate it might of left dirty diapers for days. When dd was 2 months we took a 3 day vaca and I forgot to unload the genie and It even made me gag. But if you do it like me where I empty it everyday youll be fine the refils are like 7-8 and last forever. I personally wouldnt throw diapers in anyother trash in the house . And ofcourse the heavy loads go directly to the outside trash

I'm going to use the diaper genie thing... The arm and hammer one. It has a baking soda cartridge to keep odor out. It does use special bags, which I kind of don't like so much, but I think it's the best option for me because I have 2 dogs who love to get in the garbage (especially when there's something stinky in there). I thought it'd be easier to have the diapers in an enclosed container that the dogs can't get into.

We put poopy diapers in a grocery bag but they still make the trash stink too much so we put them in the outside trash. Pee diapers go in which ever trash can is closest and we don't have any problems.
All diaper genie type things seem to stink too much, be complicated and since they are only for diapers there is too much time between emptying the can. Yucky. :)

I did the same as PP's. Regular covered garbage can with a grocery sack in it. When it was full, out it went. Didn't have any smell issues. When DD's poop started stinking, I would tie the poopy diaper up in a seperate bag. We are CD this time around so I need to reaccess how we will deal with diapers.

We have a diaper dekor (the small one) and we like it. It does take dekor bags, but I just bought a bunch at once off diapers.com or amazon or something like that. It does a pretty decent job...when the lid's closed you really can't smell anything. We empty it like once a week. Seriously. But our DD is at daycare most of the day so we are only adding 2-3 diapers a day.